Cut your tissue paper into a flower shape. I used multiple layers for each egg.

Break the egg into 2 pieces if it has a connector, and thread the bottom piece onto the pipe cleaner.

Add the tissue paper by making a small hole int the middle and threading it on.

Add the top piece. Thread your pipe cleaner through and then gently tug, some eggs have one hole only, in this case make a little knot and tug, if there are 2 holes simply thread it back in.

Polka Dot Discovery

I have done this activity for years and never once called the eggs Easter eggs, they were polka dots with surprises inside. Obviously if you celebrate Easter there is no reason to call them anything else but if you don’t celebrate Easter you can still jump on the polka dot bandwagon and use them to have fun learning.

Gather your materials. You will need some plastic eggs that open with room to hide things inside, you can also use small gift boxes. Some paper, a marker, some scissors and basket or bag.

The great thing about this activity is that it’s versatile. If you are learning about shapes you can pop shapes in the eggs, if you are doing letters you stuff them with letters etc… So this next step is where you decide what to stuff them with and using a marker and paper make the surprises.

Stuff the eggs and either hide them for a hunt, or place them in a basket for your child to choose from.

When you child finds the egg make sure to ask them what color the outside is, and encourage them to open it up and find what’s inside.

If your child is a young toddlers you can simply put fun toys in and they will be kept busy finding them. Just opening the eggs are great fine motor skills practice!

One last note if you have an older sibling who is working on sight words at grade school you can pop those in some eggs for them too!

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Great ideas! I opted out of the plastic eggs this year because last year, after a few weeks of playing store and kitchen with them the egg halves lost their mates and got broken and all ended up in the garbage. And now it looks like rain so I wish I had bought some. Thanks for the great ideas1

Love the flower idea especially! I’ve made lots of wet felted eggs this year but we still use some plastic ones. The spring flowers are great for followup after Easter! Thanks for all your great ideas. I just posted a matching game too that Sierra had lots of fun with this am.http://siayla.blogspot.com/2009/04/easy-easter-matching-game.htmlEnjoy and happy easter!

I never throw them away, but I don’t do anything with them, either! I finally convinced my in-laws not to buy any eggs at Easter because I reuse them year to year.

One of our field students just showed me a neat trick we’ll use tomorrow at home: If you squeeze the larger half of the egg, the smaller side will pop off. I think I’ll set up targets though so the kids don’t shoot each other.

I love these ideas! We made something similar to the flowers but instead of using tissue paper, we used coffee filters we had dipped in our Easter Egg dye and allowed to dry. They had a tie-dyed look and allowed us to incorporate color mixing learning into the activity. You could do the same thing anytime using food coloring too!

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